June 2008
Beginner to intermediate
176 pages
1h 32m
English
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Author's Note
The idea for this book came from Dwight Cooper, the CEO of PPR, a health care staffing company, who told me about a No Complaining Policy he had implemented in his company and the positive impact it was having. A few weeks after hearing about this idea, I was in a movie theater when the idea to write this book popped into my head. With my BlackBerry in hand, I emailed my editor, Matt Holt, about the idea and he said, "Let's do it." I began writing the next day.
Shortly afterward, my literary agent, Daniel Decker, told me that he did a search on complaining and that there was a web site called A Complaint Free World whose aim was to help people eliminate complaining from their life. The web site distributes wristbands to people to remind them not to complain. I share this with you so you know that the idea for the use of the wristband in this story was inspired by this web site, but the idea for this book was not.
I give credit to John Ortberg for inspiring the Snoopy/Charlie Brown story I heard him share in one of his sermons.
You should know that EZ Tech is a fictitious company and not based on any real company.
Dave Miller is a real yard guy who shared with me his philosophy on creating a healthy environment for my lawn. This inspired my thinking about creating a positive culture at work.
I'm thankful you are reading this book. Stay positive!
Jon
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